<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 28, 2021, at 09:11 , JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via RPD <<a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" class="">rpd@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The appeal process is very clear in CPM section 3.5.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">If the process has been followed correctly, you just need to wait.</span></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>I expect to wait for the appeal to be processed. I do not expect to wait for the board to acknowledge that the appeal</div><div>has been made, that it is valid, and that the appeal committee will consider it in due course.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>According to the ToR, the committee should have already published a timeline for this appeal.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>This has not happened to the best of my knowledge, likely because:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The appeal committee has not yet been reconstituted</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The board may be distracted by the controversy of their attempt to seize control of the AC.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The board may be distracted by AFRINIC’s current financial situation</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The board may be distracted by AFRINIC’s other current legal problems</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The above reasons 2-4 may also be at least part of the cause of 1.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">I’ve submitted several appeals, so I know very well that only patience is needed.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>You, yourself have seen the board and/or the AC play dirty pool with the appeal requirements and other</div><div>variable interpretations of the technicalities. I would think you, of all people, would understand the need</div><div>for the board to at least acknowledge the appeal and provide some assurance that it will not ratify a</div><div>policy that should be under appeal.</div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The Board will not be able to ratify a policy under appeal until the appeal is resolved. That’s it.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Normally, I would agree with you. However, in the face of recent events, I am unwilling to place so much faith in</div><div>this current board.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""></div></body></html>